Collection | Bernard Weatherill Papers |
Description | Diary, 11-17 May 1987. Parliament dissolved on 18 May for a General Election on 11 June. File contents, November 1986 - June 1987. Also includes copy of a letter, written in the style of A. A. Milne's 'Winnie the Pooh' and the magazine article in which it is reproduced; expenses of election night at the Holiday Inn, Croydon, 11 June; extract of Hansard and newspaper accounts of the parliament before its dissolution, with some personal notes of appreciation and criticism from retiring MPs; correspondence concerning the failure of the Federation of Merchant Tailors to prevent the signing of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classed) Order, likely to tailoring businesses move from Savile Row; photographs of a party given by Weatherill for retiring members. |
Related Person | Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), (1882-1956) |
National Federation of Merchant Tailors |
Mayfair, City of Westminster, London |